Yeah, I'm waiting for the DVD of Planet of the Spiders. It will be a different viewing experience now. Definetely a hit close to home.
This is so sudden, I expected to see a new season of SJA soon and not hear of Lis Sladen's death.

Absolutely shocked and saddened by this news! Loved her since I was a kid. My 6 year old nephew just rang me up as he saw it on the news (he broke the news to me), and told me that she was going to heaven. He thought that the Doctor might be able to go and get her back though... he didn't understand and thought it was part of the series

Yes, some reports mentioned she died of cancer. Sometimes, this disease can progress very quickly. But it's also possible she had been struggling with it for a while without the public knowing.

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Certainly Frazer Hines battled cancer for years and never revealed this until a decade later. But there's also been cases of people feeling fine, then feeling a bit ill, getting diagnosed, and dying within a week. Unless her family explains what happened, it's all guesswork.

I just remembered she'd written an autobiography that was scheduled for publication this summer. I'll have to get that.